Oprah Winfrey's mom, Vernita Lee, died Thursday at age 83.
TMZ confirmed Monday that Lee died on Thanksgiving Day. Winfrey's niece, Alisha Hayes, announced the news on Instagram.
Lee's family told People Lee died at her home in Milwaukee, Wisc. Winfrey's rep said Lee was laid to rest at a private funeral.
Lee is survived by Winfrey and daughter Patricia Amanda Faye Lee, whom she placed for adoption as an infant and reconnected with as an adult. Lee's two other children, Jeffrey Lee and … [Read more...]

Jamie Lee Curtis' latest horror movie Halloween is No. 1 in North America, earning $77.5 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
Coming in at No. 2 is A Star is Born with $19.3 million, followed by Venom at No. 3 with $18.1 million, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween at No. 4 with $9.7 million and First Man at No. 5 with $8.6 million.
Rounding out the top tier are The Hate U Give at No. 6 with $7.5 million, Smallfoot at No. 7 with $6.6 million, Night School at No. 8 with $5 … [Read more...]

Emmy winner Tiffany Haddish has announced she will kick off her #SheReady stand-up comedy tour on Dec. 31 in Miami.
Haddish first revealed she is going on the road during her appearance on Thursday's edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
She made headlines there when she and Fallon faced off for a lip sync battle in which Haddish pretended to sing "Afro Puffs" by The Lady of Rage and "Sex Machine" by James Brown, and Fallon performed Post Malone's "Psycho" and Deee-Lite's … [Read more...]

DJ Khaled celebrated son Asahd's second birthday by renting out a baseball stadium.
The 42-year-old DJ threw Asahd a carnival-themed party and launched a new, charitable program in his son's honor Saturday at Marlins Park, the home of the Miami Marlins, in Miami, Fla.
DJ Khaled and his charity, the We the Best Foundation, kicked off the Asahd Initiative, a program seeking to enrich lives from childhood to adulthood by giving out grants in Miami and around the country.
"Today we … [Read more...]

Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to a new scripted drama that will explore the formation and career of legendary hip-hop group, the Wu-Tang Clan.
The series announced on Thursday and titled Wu-Tang: An American Saga, is being co-created by Wu-Tang leader RZA alongside Alex Tse. Wu-Tang member Method Man is executive producing alongside Tse, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo.
An American Saga is inspired by RZA's books The Wu-Tang Manual and Tao of Wu. The series will be set in the … [Read more...]

The Tiffany Haddish-Kevin Hart comedy Night School is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $28 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
Coming in at No. 2 is Smallfoot with $23 million, followed by The House with a Clock in its Walls at No. 3 with $12.5 million, A Simple Favor at No. 4 with $6.6 million and The Nun at No. 5 with $5.4 million.
Rounding out the top tier are Hell Fest at No. 6 with $5 million, Crazy Rich Asians at No. 7 with $4.2 million, The Predator at … [Read more...]

Kanye West voiced his displeasure with Drake, Nick Cannon and Tyson Beckford on Instagram Thursday, due to issues relating to his wife, Kim Kardashian.
West expressed his disappointment with the three across several videos on Instagram that show the rapper talking to the camera while walking outside.
"I just wanted to express some things that are not sitting right with my spirit," West begins his lengthy rant.
West's main issues include Cannon discussing Kardashian's body during an … [Read more...]

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler of Black Panther fame has signed on to produce a sequel to Space Jam featuring NBA star LeBron James in the lead role.
James' production company, SpringHill Entertainment, announced Coogler's involvement Wednesday on Instagram alongside an image of an empty locker room that had Coogler's name on display.
Lockers for James, Bugs Bunny and director Terence Nance (Random Acts of Flyness) were also featured.
Warner Bros. is set to begin production on Space Jam 2 in … [Read more...]

Streaming now accounts for 75 percent of music industry revenue, according to data released by the Record Industry Association of America.
The streaming revenue represented a 28 percent year-over-year increase, amounting to $3.4 billion during the first half of 2018.
Those numbers various forms of streaming, including paid services like Amazon and Apple Music, digital radio like SiriusXM and other Internet stations, as well as ad-supported, on-demand sites like YouTube and Vevo.
Spotify … [Read more...]

Aretha Franklin, universally acclaimed as the “Queen of Soul” and one of America’s greatest singers in any style, died on Thursday at her home in Detroit. She was 76.
The cause was advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn, said.
In her indelible late-1960s hits, Ms. Franklin brought the righteous fervor of gospel music to secular songs that were about much more than romance. Hits like “Do Right Woman — Do Right Man,” “Think,” “(You Make Me Feel … [Read more...]